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Anne Perry (born Juliet Marion Hulme; 28 October 1938 – 10 April 2023) was a British writer
best known as the author of the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt and William Monk series of historical
detective fiction.
In 1994, it became public knowledge that Perry had been convicted for murder as a teenager
while living in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 1954, at the age of fifteen, she and her 16-year-old
friend Pauline Parker murdered Parker's mother, Honorah Rieper. After serving a five-year
sentence for the murder, she changed her name and returned to the United Kingdom. She was
identified by journalists following the release of the movie Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter
Jackson, in which Kate Winslet portrays Hulme (Perry).

Early life
Born in London, the daughter of physicist Henry Rainsford Hulme, Perry was diagnosed
with tuberculosis as a child and sent to the Caribbean, South Africa, and New Zealand in hopes
that a warmer climate would improve her health. She re-joined her family after her father took a
position as rector of Canterbury University College in New Zealand. She attended Christchurch
Girls' High School, located in what became the Cranmer Centre. A 1948 Auckland
Star photograph of Juliet arriving in New Zealand was discovered by Auckland Libraries staff in
2012 and written about in the Heritage et AL blog.

Murder and trial

In June 1954, at the age of 15, Hulme and her best friend Pauline Parker murdered Parker's
mother, Honorah Rieper. Hulme's parents were in the process of separating and she was
supposed to go to South Africa to stay with a relative. The two teenage friends, who had created
a complicated fantasy life together populated with celebrities such as Mario Lanza and James
Mason, did not want to be separated.